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Shushi Namba

Shushi Namba is a Researcher of RIKEN (Psychological Process Team, BZP, Robotics Project). My research interests include spontaneous facial expressions, human computing and social cognition.

Education

PhD. Psychology

Department of Psychology

Hiroshima University

2018 - 2016

M.A. Psychology

Graduate School of Education

Hiroshima University

2016 - 2014

B.A. Psychology

Graduate School of Education

Hiroshima University

2014 - 2010

Research Experience

Visiting Researcher

University College London

JSPS

2019 - 2018

Industry Experience

I like collaborative environments where I can learn from my peers.

Researcher

Psychological Process Team, BZP, Robotics Project

RIKEN

Current - 2020

Assistant Professor

Department of Psychology

Hiroshima University

2020 - 2019

PD

Hiroshima University

JSPS

2019 - 2018

Researcher

Graduate School of Education

Hiroshima University

2018 - 2015

DC2

Hiroshima University

JSPS

2018 - 2018

Researcher

Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences

Hiroshima University

2015 - 2014




Teaching Experience

I am passionate about education. I believe that no topic is too complex if the teacher is empathetic and willing to think about new methods of approaching task.

Adjunct Instructor

Fukuyama University

Hiroshima, JP

2020 - 2019

  • Lectured
  • Covered psychological experiment

Introductory Psychology Laboratory, Seminor on Methods of Research in Psychology, Seminar on Psychology, Introduction to Psychology, Seminar in Psychological Readings, Academic writing in psychology, Practical Training in Psychology

Hiroshima University

Hiroshima, JP

2020 - 2018

  • TA and lectured

Blog

I love R.

R package introduction on my blog (in Japanese)

My hobby Blog

N/A

Current - 2020

Selected Talks

Human versus machine emotion recognition from spontaneous and posed expressions

Psychonomic Society 61st Annual Meeting

N/A

2020 - 2020

  • Online

Posed versus spontaneous expressions - can we tell the difference?

The International Society for Research on Emotion (ISRE 2019)

N/A

2019 - 2019

  • Amsterdam



Funds

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists(

JSPS

N/A

2022 - 2020

  • 3,770,000 yen

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity start-up

JSPS

N/A

2020 - 2019

  • 2,860,000 yen

Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows

JSPS

N/A

2019 - 2018

  • 2,100,000 yen

Overseas Challenge Program for Young Researcher

JSPS

N/A

2019 - 2018

  • 1,400,000 yen

Publications

Emotion recognition from posed and spontaneous dynamic expressions: Human observers vs. machine analysis.

Emotion

N/A

2020

  • Authored with Krumhuber, E.(1st), Kuster, D., Shah, D and Calvo, M. G.

Human and Machine Validation of 14 Databases of Dynamic Facial Expressions.

Behavior Research Methods

N/A

2020

  • Authored with Krumhuber, E.(1st), Kuster, D and Skora, L.

Social context and culture influence judgments of non-Duchenne smiles.

Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science

N/A

2020

  • Authored with Rychlowska, M., Orlowska, A., Aviezer, H., & Krumhuber, E.

Exploring the Assumption of Congruent Mimicry in Emotional Contagion by Leveraging Experienced Emotions as Facial Stimuli.

Facial Expression: Recognition Technologies and Analysis

N/A

2019

  • Authored with Russell S Kabir

Dynamic displays enhance the ability to discriminate genuine and posed facial expressions of emotion.

Frontiers in Psychology

N/A

2018

  • Authored with Russell S Kabir, Makoto Miyatani and Takashi Nakao

Spontaneous Facial Expressions Reveal New Action Units for the Sad Experiences.

Journal of Nonverbal Behavior

N/A

2017

  • Authored with Takashi Kagamihara, Makoto Miyatani and Takashi Nakao

Spontaneous facial actions map onto emotional experiences in a non-social context: towards a component-based approach.

Frontiers in Psychology

N/A

2017

  • Authored with Russell S Kabir, Makoto Miyatani and Takashi Nakao

Spontaneous Facial Expressions Are Different from Posed Facial Expressions: Morphological Properties and Dynamic Sequences.

Current Psychology

N/A

2016

  • Authored with Shoko Makihara, Russell S Kabir, Makoto Miyatani and Takashi Nakao